Lavatory and toilet seat



-y 1930. D. F. YOUNGBLOOD 1,771,945

LAVATORY AND TOILET SEAT v Filed Oct. 9 1929 INV NTOR .azi'z m izw ATTORNEYS Patented July 29, 1930 UNITED OFFICE DAVID FRANKLIN YOUNGBLOOD, or sari an'ronro, exas LAVATORY AND TOILET SEAT Application filed Gctober 9, 1929.

5 to occupy a minimum of space and designed to promote sanitation. I

Further aims and advantages of the invention will appear in the specification, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein: I

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a unitary lavatory and seat embodying the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view'showing the seat applied to a toilet bowl. I

In many buildings such as jails where the rooms or cells are quite small, it is important to utilize the space to best advantage. Heretofore, lavatories and toilets or water closets 29 have required too much valuable space in cells or niches and have involved a relatively large installation cost. This invention there fore aims to provide an improvedunitary lavatory and toilet seat which can be manufactured at a relatively small cost and can be installed in a small niche or space over a toilet bowl.

Referring particularly to the drawing, the fixture there shown comprises asubstantially rectangular seat cover 10 of, such size as to rest on the-top of an ordinary toilet bowl 11 as shown in Fig. 2. This seat is provided with the usual opening 12 for toilet purposes. 0n opposite sides of the seat 10 are shown upstanding integral side walls 13 and a forward ly curved rear Wall 14. In this instance, the rear wall extends upwardly from the rear edge of the seat cover to the forward edges of the side walls and the curvature is such as to conform substantially to the curvature of the back or spine of a person sitting on the seat in a natural bending posture. The idea of utilizing this curved back in connection with toilet fixtures for jails or prisons for example, is to prevent the inmates from standing on the toilet seat and to promote sanitation.

As will be seen in Fig. 2, the upper portion of the curved back wall is utilized as a part of a lavatory bowl 15 arranged above said Serial No. 398,358.

wall. In thisexample, an extension 16 in the form of a rear wall for the bowl is cast or formed integral with the back side of the wall. 1-: and with the side walls13, the bottom of the bowl being shaped according to any desired design. Boththe side walls 13 and the wall or extension 16 extend upwardly above the level of the upper edge of the bowl to provide flanges 17 which serve to'prevent water from spattering against the walls of a niche or of the room in whichthe fixture is placed.

A drain pipe 18 shown more or less in outline in Fig. 2, may be connected to the drain pipe of the toilet bowl; In this example, the drain opening 19 of the lavatory is in front of the rear edges of the side walls 13 so that. the hollow portion provides adequate room for a water trap as shownin Fig. 2 without requiring extra space for'the same.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the arrangement of the lavatory over the toilet seat instead of at one side of it, as has heretofore been the custom in cramped quarters, prevents water from being spattered on the seat. Furthermore, the combination of the wash basin with the seat makes it easy to install the same in practically the same space as that required for. an ordinary toilet bowl. Moreover, the whole fixture can be cast or baked in one piece, depending upon whether it is made of castmetal or vitreous material and the like. The

cost of the manufacture is only a fractionmore than that of an ordinary wash basin or lavatory. The illustrated design is eminent- 1y adapted for use in niches of small jail cells where economy of space is a great desideratum.

Obviously, the present invention is not restricted to the particular embodiment thereor herein shown and described.

What is claimed is:

1. A toilet fixture of the character described comprising a toilet seat; upstanding walls integral with the seat; and a wash basin arranged between said upstanding walls and above said seat.

2. A toilet fixture comprising, in combination, a toilet seat; substantially vertical side walls integral with said seat; an upwardly 7 extending and forwardly curved back wall All connected to the rear edge of said seat and arranged between said side walls conforming substantially to the curvature of an occupants back when in a sitting and leaning posture; and a wash basin between said side walls above said curved back wall, said curved back wall forming a portion ofthe wash basin.

3. A toilet fixture of the character described comprising, in combination, a seat; vertical side walls connected to the seat; an upwardly extending and forwardly curved back wall connected to the rear edge of the seat and arranged between said side walls; a wash basin wall formed on said back wall and extending upwardly between said side walls whereby to form with the upper portion of the curved back wall a wash basin above said seat, said side walls and said wash basin wall extending above the level of the wash basin to provide flanges on the sides and back thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

DAVID FRANKLIN YOUNGBLOOD. 

